For years after the original broadcast of Star Trek, Leonard Nimoy struggled with identification as his most famous character, the half-Vulcan Mister Spock. He agreed to make Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan only on the condition that Spock would be killed off in grand fashion, but the film turned out well enough that he not only reprised the character in the third film, but directed the picture as well. (Quick, what was Nimoy's most financially successful directorial effort? Answer: Three Men and a Baby.)
Now Nimoy has made his final appearance as Spock, in last year's Star Trek, and will make his final acting appearance, period, on an upcoming episode of Fringe. Nimoy says that, after sixty years of acting, he plans to retire for good.Read the rest of this post on SlashFilm.com…
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